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How to Reduce Disease-Related Pain
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoThe first two memos on pain were relatively easy: joints and nerves. From that point forward, it can get very challenging: Lyme disease, irritable bowel syndrome, shingles—the list of diseases that lead to pain could go on and on. To complicate matters, with the concern over opioid addiction, many people in pain don’t want to […]
How to Reduce Nerve Pain
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoDo you ever have pain that shoots down your leg? How about your hands getting numb or painful? Ever get a headache because you’ve clenched your neck muscles so tight due to stress? More than likely, you’re experiencing some form of pain caused by a firing nerve, and these three examples are the ones I’m […]
How to Reduce Mechanical Pain
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoEvery morning, the process of getting my body moving is challenging. My back is stiff and my knee is tender, on the border of painful. The longer I’m up, the better I move. After about 30 minutes, I can get my workout. It takes my knee 10 minutes to warm-up once I start running. I’m […]
The Bottom Line on Weight Loss Supplements
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoIn the weight loss supplement debate, who is correct: proponents or opponents? Are any weight loss supplements beneficial? The answer is complicated. The opponents of weight loss supplements have the bulk of research on their side for two primary reasons. Weight loss studies using dietary supplements have a lack of consistency in the form of […]
Weight Loss Supplements: Pro vs. Con
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoThe proponents and opponents of weight loss supplements both cite research to support their opinions. For the opponents, the claim is that there’s a lack of adequate research that supports the benefits of weight loss supplements, and the research that has been done is marginal. The proponents often overstate the benefits of studies that have […]
Are Weight Loss Supplements Fact or Fiction?
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoLast week I talked about fat—body fat—why it’s bad and what you can do about it, which raises a question about weight loss supplements. Will they give you a short-cut to getting rid of that fat, inside or outside? Can they help you or are they a waste of money? Worse yet, can they harm […]
The Bottom Line on Belly Fat
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoOur pretend daughter Jamie slow-cooked a roast for Memorial Day, and it was delicious, the best she’s ever done. She does them very well to begin with, so what made this one so good? Fat. It was a chuck roast. What made it so good was not the fat that you could see, it was […]
The Dangers of Undercover Fat
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoWhat’s lurking under your abdominal muscles, in and around your liver and other internal organs? Undercover fat, actually called intra-abdominal or visceral fat. It’s dangerous because visceral fat is more metabolically active and increases the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes among other diseases. What does “metabolically active” mean? Primarily, this fat makes […]
“Sit-Ups Make You Fatter”
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoWhen I spot a headline like that, I have to click on it to see what they’re talking about. And I usually end up disappointed because it’s about some product to help you lose belly fat. What about the sit-up claim? They say doing crunches or sit-ups or leg lifts will make the muscle under […]
The Microbiome of Your Lungs
/in Memos/by Chet ZelaskoWhen we think of the microbiome, it’s logical to think only of the digestive system and our skin. In reality, the microbiome includes every microbe in and on our entire body, including our lungs. At one time, the lungs were thought to be microbe free; that certainly seemed to be the case for newborns. As […]